It is worthy of note that the Chinese and Japanese characters for money and gold are the same.

When you stop expecting people to be perfect, you can like them for who they are.

I have sometimes wondered if the greatest desire of man is to be known and loved anyway.

And so I have come to understand that strength, inner strength, comes from receiving love as much as it comes from giving it.

What I believe is not what I say I believe; what I believe is what I do.

You can't tell a good story without conflict - the story can't be beautiful or meaningful. We're taught to run from conflict, and it's robbing us of some really good stories.

If we knew how much God loved us and was for us, we’d talk to Him all day long.

How disappointing would it be get to heaven and find out God created life to be enjoyed while all we did was worry?

There is something beautiful about a billion stars held steady by a God who knows what He is doing.

I can no more understand the totality of God than the pancake I made for breakfast understands the complexity of me

People love to have lived a great story, but few people like the work it takes to make it happen.

Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?

Real transformation requires real honesty. If you want to move forward — get real with yourself!

The best questions to ask a killer or ask yourself after an event done by a killer is...Why he did it...How he was trapped in this...Did somebody put him there.......

The decisions you make are a choice of values that reflect your life in every way.

The worst thing in the world is to be bland.

The land of litigation, the courts are like game shows. Take what's behind the curtain the jury cries.

I'm never uncomfortable with anything I do. I never feel like I regret anything. I love music. All kinds of music. I'm a producer first. I feel like I can do anything and still be myself.

I was born in France. My father was a renowned French philosopher and journalist, and my mother was a painter. So I grew up in Parisian intellectual circles.

Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power.

Growing up under Saddam's rule, I witnessed many injustices occurring everyday in my country and yet I could not do anything to prevent them.